As one of 12 siblings, family has always been a big part of NSW Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet’s life.

He learned politics around the dinner table and hard work packing lunches by the dozen and polishing shoes in batches of 24.

And, although he jokes she would tell him off for saying so, he learned a key part of his political philosophy – outsourcing – from his mother.

“The more kids you have, the more help you get. You start outsourcing your responsibilities," Mr Perrottet, who turned 32 last month, said in an interview.

One of the rising talents in the NSW Liberal Party, and an ascendant figure in its hard Right faction, Mr Perrottet was one of the biggest benefactors of the reshuffle that followed
Mike Baird
’s appointment as premier in April.